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Sunday, April 12, 2009

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Hey all! John (the hubby of Jen) here. So my dear and wonderful wife, knowing how I get all weepy when I see kittens and bunnies and tribbles and the like, has asked me to take care of this week's Sunday Sweets. I'd like to think this is due to my incredible wit and charm, but it's probably more because she has to write a bazillion posts in the next two days. So, with no further ado, I give you: Easter Sweets!

This first one may be the most adorable bunny I have ever seen. Reminds me of those "Dunny" dolls Jen likes:

This next one has an unusual color scheme for an Easter cake, but it's nice and the bunny on top is super well done:

(Another find from Linda A. on Cake Central - this time by Dutch-Cakebox.)

As you all know, Jen is not overly fond of Easter lamb cakes. (Hey I just thought of a joke: What do you get when you eat most of an Easter cake? A quarter SHEEP cake! Booyah! Next stop, Reader's Digest!)

*ahem* As I was saying, Jen doesn't usually dig the lamb cakes - especially the smoking kind - but this one earned her seal of approval:

(Submitted by bunches of you, and made by the fantastic Fantasticakes.)

From the embossed pattern in the chocolate fondant to the sweet little chick on the top, this is one gorgeous cake. I've kneaded and rolled my fair share of fondant, so I can tell you that that egg was not easy. (If I had done it, there would be a big jagged seam up the back and pleats all over the place.) Also, Jen says the colors are "faboo", which I think means "cool."

And finally, here's a cake that both Jen and I looked at for a moment and said, "Wow, it's beautiful - but what is it?"

After a few moments we figured out that it's an Easter bonnet with a bunny cameo on it. (It's probably hard to tell because the edges are slightly cropped.) The skill shown in that ribbon and feathers is super impressive.

Well, that's it for me. Thanks to everyone who sent in submissions, and Happy Easter!

* I sounded very manly when I said this in my head.** Great name for a rock band.

That is so funny that you said that about the band name... I'm constantly saying random stuff and then saying "That would actually be a pretty good band name!" -- My husband just jumped on the band name band wagon, so we're pretty pumped to see other people do it too.

ANYWAYS... those were super cute. I can't even believe the detail on the easter bonnet. That's insane!

A man wrote this post, and the blogger and her husband are two separate people? I refuse to believe that. The commentary and style are identical to all other wrecky commentaries. Alas. Pretty cakes are pretty.

Wow. Ya know what's funny is I don't evenlike cake but I love this site especially on Sundays. I love sing the insanely skilled ones. These cakes are clearly art.

That bein said I think I was more impressed by the last two cakes in todays post than any others. The chocolatey one looks almost like Faberge and the pink one...I just want to sit and admire it's beauty all day.

I've spent 11 years married to the brains behind Cake Wrecks and 10 months reading and rereading every post and moderating most of the comments. It was kinda inevitable that I would end up writing like Jen.

I have even tried my hand at writing everyday funny posts but Jen always says something like, "No no, don't try to sound like me. I want it to be in your voice."

It's seeing cakes done to this level that make me despair of ever creating something half that good. Amazing, just amazing.And today's commentary was pretty rockin' too. (Why are there so many Jen and Jo(h)n combos? I'm half of one too!)

Lazy Bunnies would be an awesome name for a rock band! I hear a random collection of words and tell her that would be a great name for a rock band. Sometimes she just rolls her eyes at me and sometimes she smiles. I do it for the smiles.

John- yeeeah, when I read the commentary on the dunny bunny cake, I was TOTALLY picking up a burly man vibe. I think the voice in my head while reading it was Mister T: "It's you, it's you!... I pity the fool!"Great job today!

I am knocked out by their beauty and terribly disappointed to see that ALL the pretties are fondant. Doesn't anybody freehand buttercream any more?

REALLY glad I got all my bunny surprise cakes delivered before reading this or I would have been sad for them.... definitely not Sunday Sweets items. People love their Easter cakes so I keep trying, and entries like this one really prod me to try harder and harder. Awesome cakes!

Thanks to Cake Wrecks, following links (LOVE those links you give us!) and doing some reading, well thanks to YOU I just finished my first truffle filled Devil's Food with ganache glaze & whipped ganache rosettes and it was KILLER! Thanks John & Jen

These are beautiful! The rest of the site made me giggle hardcore. I don't know if I just haven't seen it yet, or if you can (amazingly) not have one, but you really need a "Happy Birthday, Brain" cake on here. My Uncle is named Brian, and I swear there isn't a single year he doesn't get a cake wishing his brain a happy birthday. :-)

Hi Guys, I'm really hoping you read this because when I was surfing the interweb today I found something frustrating... I don't know if you guys are familiar with the website www.oddee.com but they have a VERY naughty habit of ripping other people off...So far I've counted about three of my favourite websites who's articles have appeared on there. Now I could just be a twit and you could have given them permission so I'll just cut to the chase. Today there was a new post titled "Horrible Cakes" or something like that and the tag line was, get this, "when proffesional cakes go horribly, hilariously wrong." Sound familiar? Yeah, I thought so to. So I'm not sure if you are aware or not but if you're not, I suggest you head on over there to give them a royal reaming out for being unoriginal douche wads! You guys are numero uno! Keep up the hilarity, Your watchdog and Observer.

Wonderful fill in job! Yay for replacements. Not that we dont love our Jen but hey everyone needs a break.

I think on the chocolate one that is "fabu" the egg on top is not fondant but probably molded chocolate. I could be wrong but that is a guess from someone who works with a lot of chocolate. The texture and sheen is way different from the bottom "cake part. It takes nothing away from the decorator if it is chocolate because it is perfectly done and it all takes talent!

omg, highland bakery! I used to go there for brunch when I dated a guy who lived in ATL. My affection for him didn't last, but I have never forgotten HB's eggs benedict and skillet potatoes. I pine for them. It makes me sad I never tried their cakes!

The sheep cake totally reminds me of a silly old Windows screensaver app with sheep walking around. You could pick them up and drop them, and when they landed they looked JUST like the sheep on that cake. Flat and slightly bewildered by what just happened.

The lamb cakes (not the smokin kind) seem to be a Czech tradition - I was looking up a rabbit recipe (yes I ate rabbit on Sunday) and, lo and behold, saw a rather beautiful lamb cake. The caption made it sound that those who couldn't get lamb made a lamb cake.

But as with so much this time of year I'm a little disappointed that none of the Easter cakes have any passing reference to Christ's resurrection (you know, that pesky church bit that clutters up the morning before all the chocolate and bunnies and such).

My son's baptism was a few weeks ago and I thought "oh, at least decorations will be easy. I'll find some pastel crosses and flowers or other spring-y colored religious stuff". No dice. None. Target, WalMart, Michaels, Kmart...not one hint of religious theme in their aisles and aisles of "Easter" decorations. Bah! It's as ridiculous as Christmas now!

So I guess I was hoping for at least one beautifully done cake with a cross and draping stole; or a cave and rolled back boulder. Something. Anything. Nope.

The Easter bonnet blew my mind! The details are incredible- the feather looks real, the ribbon looks like cloth, and the brooch is so pretty! The first one is so quirky, I would love to see a variation of this whimsical cake for a wedding.

Great job John! IMO you can fill in for Jen anytime (though we would still miss her)!!

As usual, the Sunday Sweets are gorgeous. If the chocolate egg cake is indeed made of chocolate instead of fondant, then that is an even bigger bonus. (Total chocolate fiend!!) Chocolate is NEVER too pretty to eat for me!

When I was a teen (so long ago!!) I made up the name "Undulating Blubber Monkeys" for a band name...too bad I can't play any instruments and am totally tone deaf. Oh well, I still like my name!!

I guessed "Easter bonnet with a white chocolate cameo" before reading below the picture. I had a wicked flash back of white chocolate cameo's. I don't think I've seen one in about 35 years. Does anyone else remember them?

They are all gorgeous ... my favorites are the little bunny butt sticking out of the tree stump and the bonnet. But most of them use this new flattened icing that they lay over the cake like cloth. My daughter had her wedding cake made like that and I don't care for the taste or consistency in my mouth. Looks good but, to me anyway, cake's for eatin'!

These are all fantastic cakes, but I couldn't help giggling when I saw the phrase "Dunny bunny" - Here in Australia, "dunny" = "outhouse", ie, a makeshift outdoor pit toilet, usually surrounded by flies...

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